Jeez, how could a fucking jet engine have a heat signature?
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2026
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And I'm guessing the plane didn't notify the pilot they had a lock on either
yeah there is nothing coming out of the infrared tracker to warn the plane, it's basically just a camera
which also means there's no signature for the empire to lock onto and take out with SEAD weapons
The most interesting part is that there's no attempt at evasion and no attempt at flares either. They not only didn't know they were being targeted, they also did not know that a missile was fired at them. They failed to identify the incoming threat at all.
maybe they're accepting those new planes with gym weights instead of radars because it doesn't make much difference either way
its worse than that. Apparently this anti-air system uses both a heat and sight picture to lock on and track. There's never any real warning to the F35 because it's not being painted with radar or lasers or nothing. If they launch flares or chaff, no problem, whichever target acquisition system gets confused it falls back to the other.
Developed and deployed effectively within a year, by the way.
Strapping a 2018 cell phone to your missile and adjusting the face tracking squares to look for an f35 then wiring the auto focus to the stabilizers
Nokia-based guidance.
spending eleventy trillion to research this crank theory that the empire is bound by the same laws of physics as everyone else
Meme text still says F-117A
i'm no expert but it was probably the "combat" part
The American Empire got so good at crashing Ospreys during non-combat missions that it fucks up the ratio
the front fell off
actually pretty common
so does that mean the f35 are unsafe?
notoriously. there's a wikipedia page just for accidents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
I definitely paid for the invincibility package on my warplanes. Said so right on the box.
You cheap fuck, you got the basic 100m trim when you could have heated seats and been comfortable enough as you died
I think someone aimed a weapon at it and fired
The pilot had take a leak and opened the cockpit to wiz, making the F35 easily detectable by the trail of urine
It was struck like this: 
I am surprised they are not DPRK propaganda like rejoicing how weak the weapon was / strong the single engine plane was to resist the hit and it was the blessing of the divine and testament to engineering that the Ghost of clogged shitters was able to fly back home alive.
But they decided to take the 
they totaled my monies!
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Fascists can only really have two reactions to a military loss:
1: "It didn't happen, we actually were the winners."
and when they can't do that:
2: "They CHEATED at fighting! This doesn't count because it was UNFAIR!"
Why would DPRK need propaganda in that vein? It's one thing to propagandize the capabilities of your craft/weapons, but I don't see how they would be overexaggerating or how anything relating to divine has to do with it. They have capable, sufficient and quite frankly, working, deterrence against the United States.
I think they're referring to the imperial propaganda about DPRK, which depicts DPRK as a backwards hermit kingdom that is simultaneously an existential threat to Amerikkka.
what are we, a bunch of asians?!
Apparently Iran released a video of the strike, linky anyone?
Sounds like a skill issue.
pilot error. git gud etc.
is nearly invisible to radar
uh huh